Homemade Ham and Cheese Stuffed Bread Recipe

Homemade Ham and Cheese Stuffed Bread Recipe

Fresh homemade ham and cheese stuffed bread is an absolute treat to wake up to on any day of the week. Especially on a long weekend when you are feeling lazy. This dough is simple, easy and effortless to make. A little planning in advance and breakfast or snack is as easy as pie. Stuffed bread recipes are my way to make a great weekend brunch. So whether you call it ham in bread, cheese in bread, or ham and cheese stuffed bread, this is one recipe you must try.

Homemade Ham and Cheese Stuffed Bread Recipe

One of my absolute fun treats to take on picnics or short trips is this easy to make ham and cheese stuffed bread. We can also call it stuffed picnic loaf. You can make it ahead of time and get it out of your to-do list. The best part is, you don’t have to eat it fresh, it tastes absolutely delicious when served cold.

I love making homemade bread recipes

One of the things we often do at home is making fresh bread. Hence, I have to think of ways to make it more interesting for the kids and me. I mean, I like making homemade bread but I do like making my work fun and interesting too. So I’m always thinking between – what bread shall I make today? Should I make the Classic White Bread or Whole Wheat Bread with nuts, maybe the cloverleaf or dinner rolls? One of my lazy methods to make snack time fun is easy stuffed bread recipe. I mean which baker doesn’t love a stuffed loaf recipe, right?

Especially when it’s fresh just out of the oven. This is a volcanic bread recipe. Because sometimes the cheese finds its way out and you get the wonderful smell of melted cheese coming from fresh homemade bread. Oh my god!!

If I ask my kids – what bread should I make today, they will say chocolate bread, pizza or stuffed bread. My kids love working with bread. It’s kind of fun to get the kids involved in the kitchen. So when they get to join, a pizza works perfectly. Rhea will carefully place each slice of mushroom on the pizza which usually takes forever. This stuffed bread works great with Aadi cause he is impatient. He loves stuffing in the ham and cheese and will add more cheese so he can get the volcano effect.

Ham and Cheese Stuffed Bread

Don’t you just love the bread sliced like this will all that ham and cheese? Its’ just the right amount of crisp on the outside and soft moist bread on the inside. It’s so good we always end up overeating bread when it’s stuffed like its.

Ham and Cheese Stuffed Bread

Make ahead of time

On the weekend I love making the bread dough and letting it prove in the fridge overnight. Then in the morning all I do is roll it out, place the slices and cheese, let it thaw and prove outside while the oven is preheating. Then, I bake it and that’s it! Brunch is a treat. I mean who doesn’t like ham in bread or cheese in bread? Put them together and you have cheese ham bread. Honestly, call it whatever name you want but the truth is that this is a simple, easy and fun way to eat bread. Wait till I share some more of my stuffed bread recipes with you. You are going to love and enjoy making fresh bread at home.

Ham and Cheese Stuffed Bread Recipe

Let’s talk ingredients and substitutes

All-purpose flour – You can use bread flour if you prefer. And yet, it’s not necessary and this dough is very forgiving and works just fine with all-purpose flour.

Egg – I love the stability the egg adds to the dough and enriches it.

Milk – I like to use milk instead of water. It does not just adds taste but also makes a nice soft crumb bread.

Sugar – It’s not much so it won’t sweeten the bread. It helps the yeast but also absorbs some of the liquid, slowing the formation of gluten strand, which makes this enriched dough just perfect.

Stuffing – When I get ham I use ham but here in Israel ham is not easily available. So often I use whatever cold cuts I can find in the supermarket.

Cheese – Personally, I love the combination of white or yellow cheddar cheese in my bread. But again you can use any sliced cheese that suits your taste buds.

Ham and Cheese Stuffed Bread

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Useful Tips and Tools

A small Mixing Bowl or measuring cup to activate the yeast. I prefer to use glass over metal. If the metal is cold it can lower the temperature of the liquid ingredients. Not a big deal. And yet, it’s nice to get the yeast activated quickly and move on with the recipe.

I like mixing bread dough by hand. It’s quite therapeutic. But bread dough can be difficult to handle. Not just because it needs more kneading but also because it’s often a soft, sticky mess. And yet, keeping the dough soft and sticky is important for good bread baking. So, I highly recommend using a stand mixer Kenwood, kitchen-aidor other brands, it does not matter. Personally, I also have a hand mixer. And yet, I don’t use it for baking bread. Because bread dough is dense compared to cakes. So, it might harm my hand mixer. (recommended read – which stand mixer is good for home bakers)

Baking bread is a science. So measuring ingredients correctly is important. Also, do not wing the measurements. Use a Measuring Cup for liquid ingredients and Measuring Spoons for dry ingredients.

A good baking tray is as important to bread baking as it is to other baking Baking Tray. Therefore, buy a good quality baking tray that’s not too thin. The thick ones will prevent the bread from burning on the bottom. Sometimes you can even add a second tray on the bottom to prevent it from getting burnt.

Every oven works differently. So the baking times are just guidelines. In the case of bread, a hollow sound on the bottom of the bread is a great indication. If the bread bakes too quick or too slow compared to the time given it might be a good idea to check if your oven needs calibration. An oven thermometer is a great little gadget to help keep the oven temperature in check. All you need to do is adjust the temperature accordingly.

Homemade Ham and Cheese Stuffed Bread

Fresh homemade ham and cheese stuffed bread is an absolute treat to wake up to on any day of the week. Especially on a long weekend when you are feeling lazy. This dough is simple, easy and effortless to make. A little planning in advance and breakfast or snack is as easy as pie. Stuffed bread recipes are my way to make a great weekend brunch. So whether you call it ham in bread, cheese in bread, or ham and cheese stuffed bread, this is one recipe you must try.

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Do you love baking homemade bread? I do enjoy it very much too!

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Veena Azmanov is a professional Cake Artist and Food Enthusiast. The Founder, Editor, Creator and Recipe Developer on this blog. Follow her cake and food journey on this blog as she explores new and classic recipes with a twist.

Made a few of your bread recipes so far and I’m impressed they all turned out awesome. My kids love the white sandwich bread and now it’s a regular. We love this one for summer and made it twice. Then I also made the burger buns.. wow.. Thank you so much for your recipes. All truly tired and tested

Thank you so much, Angelo. So happy to hear that you had success with this recipe three times. It sure is a winner. Happy to hear your family enjoyed this recipe so much as well. Thank you so much for coming back to write this feedback. Love feedback.

This has now become my kid’s favorite recipe. They really love when I make this one. Made this three times so far and always a winner. Thank you for sharing these. Love your bread recipes. Made the burgers, Foccacia, milk bread.. love them all.

Oh, MY!! This looks so good and right up our alley. We love savory and are quite the meat eaters. I imagine if I made this it would be inhaled my all the males in the family. It does look delicious, Veena and it’s a recipe I’m pinning so I can make it soon.

These are great breakfast bread I like this kind of bread because it comes as such, I need to start baking bread it has been long while. I like your recipe that is so simple and great with ham and cheese.

What a great idea! This looks perfect for a weekend lunch, or for making ahead and serving re-heated slices of with some mustard and pickles. I love the black sesame seeds, too – they make it look so good!

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